Downlights leaving burn marks on ceiling
Downlights, General Technical Stuff December 2nd, 2010We have numerous halogen downlights in our rented home. They all have square discolouration in the gyproc around them very well demarcated. I think it is related to heat produced by the downlights affecting the gyproc and causing dust etc to attach to this area.
Our landlord is trying to suggest we have damaged the gyproc in some way. There are no other discoloured areas anywhere else on the ceilings.
Could heat from halogen downlights cause this problem?
Thanks
Andy
December 2nd, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Hi Andy
This is quite normal
The heat from the halogens not only makes the light fittings themselves discolour but also the paint around them
This is especially the case the longer you leave the lights on each time.
The other thing that could be occurring by the sounds of it is leakage between the roof space and the ceiling too. The roof space breathes and the small airspace in the downlights acts as a ventilation breather/filter sometimes causing dust and dirt to move from ceiling to living area or living area to ceiling
Hope this makes sense
Kind regards
Daniel Purser
February 16th, 2011 at 3:58 pm
It seems your landlord is like many of the others. Trying to make you pay for something not your fault. Its his responsibility to make sure the things are safe. It could be a fire hazard. Landlords have been known to use normal enamel instead of anti fungal paint for the bath room, charging the tenant for a repaint when its not the tenants fault. Most of these act like this because they are greedy ignorant morons, who would do anything to avoid paying for things, including lying. Change land lords